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Originally Posted by Witness Lee
God does not intend for us to do anything for Him. As God's children, we need to change our concept and see that God's only desire is to give Himself to us to be our enjoyment. The secret of the Christian life is not how much we work for Him, but how much we enjoy him. It is not what we do for Him, but how we enjoy him. We must learn this secret. There is no need for us to worry about doing this or that. We need to learn to simply turn our inner being to enjoy God. When we pray, there is no need for us to be concerned about our difficulties and burdens, such as a seriously ill child. We need to learn to come to God to enjoy and absorb Him, and forget about everything, even a child's illness.
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Sick child: Mommy, my stomach hurts so bad, it's twisting in knots and I have rolling cramps, the rash and swelling are spreading and I have a splitting headache, mommy help me!
Mom: brb, kid, gotta go enjoy and absorb God! Forget about you!
And this is why so many church kids end up the way they do.......
Honestly, read the page of the book this quote comes from. Lee talks about how we should "let the children be sick" and all we need to do is "absorb the Lord again and again". The end result is "our face will shine" and he calls THAT (a shining face) "expressing the Lord".
A shining face is expressing the Lord, according to Lee.
Not taking care of your sick kids. That's not expressing the Lord.
This is rare, but I'm actually fighting a turning stomach on this one. Oh how I wish I knew decades ago what I know now about the local church. I would have jumped at the chance to tear Witness Lee's false teachings down when he was alive, so he could see his false kingdom crumbling with his own eyes.